Motive: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Motive Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
6 Months Later
Mar 8, 2015
Det. Flynn returns after her self-imposed six-month exile and takes on a sensitive, high-profile homicide case.
Calling the Shots
Mar 15, 2015
The detectives' investigation into the murder of a high-end call girl is complicated by the revelation of her shocking double life, while Angie tries to adjust to Lucas being the p
Oblivion
Mar 22, 2015
The investigation of two seemingly unrelated murders is hampered by Vega’s need to pass his weapons recertification.
The Glass House
Mar 29, 2015
A father is murdered and his daughter is kidnapped; Angie continues on the Neville Montgomery file.
The Suicide Tree
Apr 5, 2015
All clues in the murder of an armed robber lead the team to a sweet florist.
Fallen
Apr 12, 2015
The team must balance law and justice in the murder of a street artist.
Pilot Error
Apr 19, 2015
The team investigates a pilot who may be using his career for murder; Angie copes with Vega.
Reversal of Fortune
Apr 26, 2015
A tarot card reader fails to predict her own murder; Vega hears from the doctor.
Best Enemies
May 3, 2015
The assistant to a successful but sleazy photographer is murdered; and later, all the detectives are questioned by an internal-affairs sergeant looking into Angie's connection with
Purgatory
May 10, 2015
The team discovers two bodies at a surgical clinic; Angie is afraid someone's following her.
The Amateurs
May 24, 2015
The team searches for a common denominator in three homicides.
Frampton Comes Alive
May 31, 2015
A prime suspect in a murder case may be a victim of foul play herself.
A Problem Like Maria
Jun 7, 2015
Angie tries to take down a criminal who is determined to end her career.